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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

ROBERT LUNDELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO- TIIIRDS TO THEINTERIOR CONDU IT AND INSULATION COMPANY,

OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

ELECTRIC MOTOR OR DYNAMO-ELEOTRIC MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,531, dated August3, 1897.

Application filed December 15, 1896- Serial No. 615,736. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/007%;

Beitknownthat I, ROBERT LUNDELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, havemade a new and useful Invention in Electric Motors or Dynamo-ElectricMachines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is directed particularly to improvements upon an inventiondisclosed in a prior patent granted to me by the United States on the30th day of August, 1892, and numbered 481,701; and its objects are,first, to so rearrange the entire structure of the motor disclosed inthe aforesaid patent that the armature may be at any time removedwithout disturbing the field-magnet coil; second, to so construct thefield-magnet cores and polepieces that a given pair of such cores andpole-pieces maybe utilized for motors adapted to various uses, and,third, to combine such field-cores and pole-pieces, journal-bearings,and commutator-supporting devices with legs or brackets of any desiredstructure dependent upon the use to which the motor is to be put.

My improvement upon the aforesaid motor will be fully understood byreferring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 illustrates inside elevational View a complete motor; and Fig. 2, a longitudinalsectional view of the same, taken on the line a: 00, Fig. 3, and as seenlooking from right to left in the direction of the arrows upon thatfigure, Fig. 3 being an end elevational view as seen looking at Fig. 2from right to left, the cap or end plate of the oil-chamber beingremoved. Fig. 4 is an end elevational view as seen looking at Fig. 2from left to right upon the supposition that the journal-bearing, thecommutator, and detachable parts have been removed. Fig. 5 is an endelevational View as seen looking at Fig. 2 from left to right, one ofthe commutator-brushes and its means of support and the adjacent partsbeing shown in broken section. Fig. (5 is a horizontal sectional viewtaken through the body of the motor, the parts which support the ends ofthe field-magnet cores being shown in plan view and the field-coil, thearmature, and its supporting-shaft removed therefrom.

In the motor disclosed in my prior patent above referred to thestructure was such, as will be apparent on examination of Fig. 1 of thedrawings thereof, that after the parts were once put together it was notpossible to remove the armature without separating the field-magnetcores and removing also the fieldmagnet coil. This is due to the factthat the field-magnet cores were cast in semispherical form and thefield-magnet coil inserted in position between said cores, thejournal-bearings being integral with said cores. In the presentimprovement I avoid the necessity of entirely dismantling the motor whenit is desired to remove the armature and its attached parts by castingthe two parts of the field-magnet cores open at their outer ends andsecuring the journal-bearings, commutator-supports, and legs or bracketsdirectly to the outer ends of said cores by bolts and other attachments,the cores in turn being secured together at their inner ends by bolts)assin throu h lu s or ears as was the case.

b D b 7 with my prior invention.

I have found that in the manufacture of small electric motors, owing tothe numerous applications to which they may be put, various means ofsupport for such motors are required dependent upon the service forwhich the motor is to be used, and that therefore in the structure of myformer motor this fact necessitated the casting of field-magnet coresand such supports in great variety of forms in order to supply thedemands of the trade, and it was largely with a view of avoiding thisexpense that the present invention was devised. I discovered also thatwhen it became necessary to repair the armature, its

commutator, or the journal-bearings thereof the necessity ofentirelydismantling the motor disclosed in my prior patent was an ob--je'ction which should be overcome. These objections are entirelyovercome by the structure disclosed in the present improvement, which Iwill now describe by referring to the drawings in detail, in all ofwhich like letters of reference represent like parts wherever used.

P P represent duplicate or interchangeable field-magnet cores, made,preferably, of cast magnetic steel and so formed in the casting thatwhen put together face to face the inner pole-pieces project by oroverlap each other and with a cylindrical space entirely surroundingsaid pole pieces, into which [its snugly the field-magnet coil Ml, itsaxis having an angular relation to the shaft C of the armature A, as wasthe casein my prior invcntion.

E E E E are lugs or cars for receiving bolts 3 15, adapted to secure thetwo duplicate or interchangeable parts of the field magnet corestogether.

I I are rectangular extensions at the inner ends and outer edges of thefield-magnet cores, said extensions being identically alike.

The field-magnet cores P and P are cast from a single pattern and aretherefore exact duplicates and are interchangeable, the extensions Ibeing designed for the purpose of attaching to the upper part of themotor a screw belt or eye H, of well-known form, for handling the motorin the shop. In the outer ends of the field-magnet cores are drilled anumber of holes adapted to receive bolts 13' B" and steady-pins 13 forsecuring thereto end plates R R or equivalent means of support,preferably of magnetic material, said end plates or means of support inthe present instance being so cast that their lower extensions are inthe nature of legs L L L L, provided with bolt-holes adapted to receivebolts B 13 secured to slitted metallic supports T T by nuts B E 13 13The end plate It at the left hand, of the drawings, as seen in Figs. 1and 2, is cast with a conical-shaped extension D, provided at its lowerside with an oblong opening for admitting air into the body of the motorand a rectangular opening at the top or upper side designed to receive adoor or shutter D for enabling one to inspect the commutator, said doorD being located directly over the commutator, which is keyed directly tothe armature-shaft O. The commutator is supported by a cast-metal sleeveS, the comn'iutatorstrips l3 B being insulated from said sleeve andsecured thereto by a disk K and screws '6 1, said strips being connectedto the windings of the armature A in the usual manner.

F is a cylindrical extension cast integral with the conical portion Dand has a bolt-hole in its upper side adapted to receive a bolt forsecuring the journal-bearing J.

R R are oiling-rings resting in slits in the j ournal-bearin g J andupon the upper surface of the shaft 0 and extending downward into anoil-chamber constituted by the interior cylindrical portion of the partF and a detachable eup-shaped cap F secured to the outer end of the partF by lugs (Z (Z and screws 15 t. The 3' ournal-bearin g J at the pulleyend of the shaft 0 is supported in a similar manner and in anoil-chamber cast integral with the "end plate R.

jj are pins extending through the upper flange of the journal-bearingsand adapted to prevent the oiling-rings l R from falling out.

c 1' are oiling ducts or channels adapted to admit oil to theoil-chambers at the opposite ends of the armature-shal't.

V V are peep-holes for enabling one to examine the operation of theoiling-rings R R, and c c are caps for closing said ducts andpeep-holes.

0 care the commatater-brushes, made, preferably,in the form ofretangular carbon blocks and adapted to slide endwise against thecommutator under the influence of spiral springs secured in metallicbrush-guiding sleeves \V XV, attached to the body of the machine, butinsulated therefrom by insulating material I, 1 and I, being adetachable cover and support for the springs adapted to afford easyaccess to the brush and its attached parts.

15 13 represent the binding-posts, and it the conductors runningthereto.

0 represents a hard-rubber thimble in the end plate B, through which thefield-magnet windings are carried to a starting-box, (not shown,) thecircuit connections between the field magnet coils and thecommutatorbrushes being arranged in the well-known manner.

It will be observed upon examination of Fig. 2 of the drawings that byreason of the oblong opening 0 through the conical-shaped part 1) andthe corresponding opening through the end plate R, which supports thepulley end of the shaft C, there is sufficient ventilation for keepingthe parts of the motor cool, as is indicated by the arrows in thatfigure of the drawings. By reason of the arrangement of detachable endplates R R, journalbearings J J, and legs or supports L L integraltherewith I am enabled to cast these parts separate from the field-coresand with the legs L L of any desired conformation or structureas, forinstance, in the nature of brackets or supports of any peculiarconformation or form necessitated by the use to which the motor is to beput or the place wherein it is to be located. If, for instance, a motoris to be suspended from a side wall, a bracket-support would benecessary, in which event the legs L L would take bracket form withoutnecessitatingany variation or change in the expensive steel castings forthe field-magnet.

I believe it is new with me to so construct the supporting end plates ofan electric motor that they may constitute supports for thejournalbearings, commutator, and oilingchambers and be integral withsupporting legs or brackets of any desired form, and my claims aregeneric as to this feature.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. An electric motor having a rotary armature and a field magnetcomposed of duplieate or interchangeable partswith overlappingfield-magnet poles surrounded by an en ergizing-coil inclined at anangle to the axis of the armature and permitting of removal thereofWithout disturbing the field-magnet, substantially as described.

2. An electric motor having a rotary armature and a field-magnetcomposed of duplicate or interchangeable parts having overlapping polessurrounded by an energizingcoil inclined at an angle to the axis of thearmature, in combination with detachable supports for the arlnatureshaftsecured to the opposite ends of the field-magnet core, said supportsbeing cast integral with legs orsupports for sustaining the entiremachine, substantially as described.

3. An electric motor having a rotary armature, afield-magnet coilsurrounding the polepieces and the armature, and supports for thearmature-shaft secured to the opposite ends of the field-magnet core,said supports being cast integral With legs or feet for sus- .i'ainingthe entire machine and the field-magnet being constructed of duplicateor interchangeable parts, substantially as described.

4. An electric motor having a rotary armature, a field-magnet coilsurrounding the polepieces and the armature and having its axis inclinedat an angle to the armature-shaft, said armature-shaft being supportedby journal-bearings sustained in turn by detachable end plates securedto the outer ends of the field-magnet and provided with integral legs orfeet for sustaining the entire machine, the fieldqnagnet being composedof duplicate or interchangeable parts substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 10th day ofDecember, 1896.

ROBERT LUNDELL.

\Vitnesses:

C. J. KINTNER, M. M. RoBINsoN.

